May 07, 2018
Citing the need to address inconsistencies in coding, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) recently altered its Emergency Department...
May 04, 2018
Health Net has advised the California Medical Association (CMA) that it will delay implementation of its recently annou...
March 23, 2018
Health Net recently announced several new payment policies for its Medicare and Medi-Cal lines of business, effective M...
February 01, 2018
CPR’s “Coding Corner” focuses on coding, compliance, and documentation issues relating specifically to physician billi...
March 28, 2017
The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) a generous grant to help three Los Angeles...
May 01, 2016
CPR’s “Coding Corner” focuses on coding, compliance and documentation issues relating specifically to physician billin...
February 01, 2016
Anthem Blue Cross announced in its December Professional Network Update that, beginning January 1, 2016, it will initiat...
May 15, 2015
A recent survey conducted by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) shows that emergency room (ER) visits a...
October 01, 2014
August 26, 2014
The federal government published new rules last week that will govern hundreds of medicines containing hydrocodone. Thes...
August 08, 2014
Last fall, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) experienced some editing issues with new patient E&M cod...
October 17, 2013
Emergency department (ED) physicians are a very diverse group of providers. Some of us are cavalier, shooting from the ...
October 01, 2013
February 19, 2013
Palmetto GBA, California's Medicare contractor, has released the Comparative Billing Reports (CBRs) for evaluation and ...
February 01, 2013
October 01, 2012
March 01, 2012
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